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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Hamburg
August 27 - 31, 2025

(16) Paul Henning/Lui Wust, Germany

Paul Henning
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Erfurt

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$42,598.23

Lui Wüst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$34,615.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	3	1	US$66,000.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Sven Winter - 21st	Did not play
2023	Sven Winter - 5th	Did not play
2024	Maximilian Just - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	11	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	11	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	4	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	14	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	20, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	16, Q3	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	16, Q3	7th	520	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	15	13th	400	US$2,000.00

BPT Elite Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2025	Pool D	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (9)	Lost 18-21, 21-12, 8-15	0:44
Thu, 8/28/2025	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (21, Q9)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 8/29/2025	Winner 1	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (12)	Lost 10-21, 15-21	0:30

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$29,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	$30,000.00
Total	14	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	4	1	0	$66,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Henning												Lui Wust
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	$21,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$14,500.00
15	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	$16,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	$15,000.00
4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	0	2	1	6	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
30	0	4	1	0	5	5	8	2	0	$42,200.00	Total	32	0	1	1	2	4	12	9	1	0	$34,100.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00	12	4	75.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	$41,000.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	$54,000.00	28	20	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Henning													Lui Wust
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$650.00
7	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,750.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	0	$20,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	0	$20,500.00
27	0	4	1	0	5	5	5	2	5	$36,200.00	Total	Total	29	0	1	1	2	4	12	6	1	2	$28,100.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	18	66.7%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	3	11.1%	8	29.6%	16	59.3%	3-24	11.1%	18-16	52.9%	10-10	50.0%	2	0	30-26	53.6%
2024-2025	18	66.7%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	3	11.1%	8	29.6%	16	59.3%	3-24	11.1%	18-16	52.9%	10-10	50.0%	2	0	30-26	53.6%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	6	46.2%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	5.6%	6	33.3%	11	61.1%	1-17	5.6%	12-20	37.5%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	14-17	45.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	8	6	0	0	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	12
Total	0	0	5	0	14	16	0	0	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	30	26

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 14-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Henning/Wust	11	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Boermans/de Groot	2	Henning/Wust	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-6	0:45
Lead the series against # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
6/29/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Bronze Medal	Henning/Wust	11	Ahman/Hellvig	2	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	11	Goncalves/Lanci	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Goncalves/Lanci	11	Henning/Wust	14	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-2
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Bryl/Losiak	6	Henning/Wust	11	21-11, 21-11	0:29
6/29/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Losiak	1	Henning/Wust	11	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	Alayo/Diaz	5	22-20, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-2
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Henning/Wust	16	21-18, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	11	Andersson/Nilsson	15	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
12/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 3	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	12	Henning/Wust	16	21-10, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 14 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
12/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Bello/Bello	1	21-18, 23-21	0:39
Series tied with # 18, Q5 Aye/Bassereau, France 1-1
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Aye/Bassereau	22	Henning/Wust	5	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	0:54
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Aye/Bassereau	4	21-17, 12-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	21, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 21, Q9 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16	Grimalt/Grimalt	21, Q9	21-17, 21-18	0:40
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 22, Q13 Dressler/Waller, Austria 1-0
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 2	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 23, Q14 Dal Corso/Viscovich, Italy 1-0
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Dal Corso/Viscovich	9	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # Q1 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-2
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool F	Henning/Wust	11	Pfretzschner/Winter	6	21-17, 28-26	0:43
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	Henning/Wust	4	21-14, 21-17	0:36
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool G	Pfretzschner/Winter	7	Henning/Wust	10	21-18, 29-31, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # Q4 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-1
6/28/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 3	Henning/Wust	11	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	22, Q2	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool F	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	22, Q2	Henning/Wust	11	21-17, 25-23	0:43
Series tied with # Q11 Huster/Just, Germany 1-1
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Huster/Just	5	21-17, 21-16	0:37
11/15/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Huster/Just	3	Henning/Wust	15	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:53